That´s even the exceeding Tour de France ;-)
It's really a pain to watch Ullrich.
Walter Hinteler wrote:It's really a pain to watch Ullrich.
Yes, 2 minutes and 30 secons behind Lance Armstrong. Winner of the stage Ivan Basso 2. Armstrong and the 3rd German Andreas Klöden.
<Ullrich just said, he had had a "bad day and heavy legs">
Walter Hinteler wrote:<Ullrich just said, he had had a "bad day and heavy legs">
and he hopes for a good weather tomorrow and want to full attack.
Well, who doesn't hope for good weather? :wink:
soooo, does armstrong deserve the 6th yellow jersey? does he still have a good chance? i have mixed feelings about him, but aaah, the poor lad had cancer (though he is quite a jerk otherwise), a world record is always exciting...
After just this first mountain stage, Armstrong has put a lot of time on his main rivals. The only ones to look out for now are the up-and-comers. It's so early in the Tour, but already it looks like he's well on his way to a sixth Tour win.
Armstrong is arrogant and selfish. He denied former teammate Robert Heras a mountain stage win last year even after all of Heras' work for him.
Stage 13 Lannemezan to Plateau de Beille
Lance Armstrong is the winner, 2th Ivan Basso and the 3rd Austrian Georg Totschnig
But the yellow jersey has still Thomas Voeckler with 22 scond margin to Armstrong. Jan Ulrich has screwed up again. A pain for him.
Well, it looks like it's up to Ivan Basso to keep things interesting in this year's Tour.
I thought it would have been Iban Mayo to do that this year, but he fell flat in the cobbles of all places!
IfraBlue, Nice guys finish last.
An ideal stage for the overall rider
Quote:Stage 14: Carcassonne to Nîmes 18 Jul 2004
Pos Rider Nat Team Time Deficit
1. Aitor González ESP Fassa Bortolo 4:18:32 4:18:32
2. Nicolas Jalabert FRA Phonak 4:18:57 +00:25
3. Christophe Mengin FRA FDJeux.com 4:18:57 +00:25
4. Pierrick Fedrigo FRA Crédit Agricole 4:19:01 +00:29
5. Peter Wrolich AUT Gerolsteiner 4:19:03 +00:31
6. Marc Lotz NED Rabobank 4:19:03 +00:31
7. Igor González de Galdeano ESP Liberty Seguros 4:19:03 +00:31
8. Santiago Botero COL T-Mobile 4:19:09 +00:37
9. Iñigo Landaluze ESP Euskaltel 4:19:13 +00:41
10. Egoi Martínez ESP Euskaltel 4:19:15 +00:43
11. Robbie McEwen AUS Lotto - Domo 4:32:44 +14:12
12. Thor Hushovd NOR Crédit Agricole 4:32:44 +14:12
13. Danilo Hondo GER Gerolsteiner 4:32:44 +14:12
14. Stuart O'Grady AUS Cofidis 4:32:44 +14:12
15. Erik Zabel GER T-Mobile 4:32:44 +14:12
Quote: Overall results
Pos Rider Nat Team Time Deficit
1. Thomas Voeckler FRA Brioches La Boulangère 62:33:11 62:33:11
2. Lance Armstrong USA US Postal 62:33:33 +00:22
3. Ivan Basso ITA Team CSC 62:34:50 +01:39
4. Andreas Klöden GER T-Mobile 62:36:29 +03:18
5. Francisco Mancebo ESP Illes Balears 62:36:39 +03:28
6. Georg Totschnig AUT Gerolsteiner 62:39:19 +06:08
Saw the film/docu
Höllentour today (nothing live from the Tour on tv :wink: ):
GREAT!!!
Checking in - I hope for more excitement today. Watched Saturday's stage live (on TV) and it was fascinating to see the changes over the day, while I cleaned/tidied my flat!
KP
kitchenpete wrote: I hope for more excitement today.
There is: Ulrich , with a good race.
Well, I bet, today's winner Armstrong has lost some (more) friends today.
What's wrong with Lance, apart from being an opinionated Texan? At least he has a good reason to think himself the best at what he does!
KP
Well, he knew that he won the leading position today ... and then disregarded the "unwritten Tour law" and won the stage as well.
